Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5.0 Remote Code Execution

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5.0 (Operating System). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a remote code execution vulnerability. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

tog-pegasus in OpenGroup Pegasus 2.7.0 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5, Fedora 9, and Fedora 10 does not log failed authentication attempts to the OpenPegasus CIM server, which makes it easier for remote attackers to avoid detection of password guessing attacks.

The bug was discovered 11/25/2008. The weakness was disclosed 11/25/2008 as Bug 472017 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-4315 since 09/29/2008. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 43717 (CentOS 5 : tog-pegasus (CESA-2008:1001)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 117226 (CentOS Security Update for tog (CESA-2008:1001)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 7 hours after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (46830) and Tenable (43717). The entry 45216 is pretty similar.

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Class: Remote Code Execution
CWE: Unknown
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Nessus ID: 43717
Nessus Name: CentOS 5 : tog-pegasus (CESA-2008:1001)
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OpenVAS ID: 870015
OpenVAS Name: Rhino Software Serv-U SITE SET Command Denial Of Service vulnerability
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Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: Bug 472017
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2008-4315 (🔍)
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X-Force: 46830
SecurityTracker: 1021281
Vulnerability Center: 20081 - OpenGroup Pegasus CIM Server 2.7.0 on RHEL 5, 9, 10 Vulnerability Allows Password Guessing Attacks, Medium
Secunia: 32862 - Red Hat update for tog-pegasus, Less Critical
OSVDB: 50278 - OpenPegasus CIM server (tog-pegasus) on Red Hat Linux Failed Authentication Logging Weakness

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 08/21/2019 10:15
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (80), 08/21/2019 10:15 (3)
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